I Want You

i want you - elvis costello

Oh my baby baby i love you more than i can tell
I don't think i can live without you
And i know that i never will
Oh my baby baby i want you so it scares me to death
I can't say anymore than 'i love you'
Everything else is a waste of breath

i want you
you've had your fun you don't get well no more
i want you
your fingernails go dragging down the wall
be careful darling you might fall
i want you
i woke up and one of us was crying
i want you
you said 'young man i do believe you're dying'
i want you
if you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days
i want you
you can look in my eyes and you can count the ways
i want you
did you mean to tell me but seem to forget
i want you
since when were you so generous and inarticulate
i want you
it's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for
it's the way your shoulders shake and what they're shaking for
i want you
it's knowing that he knows you now after only guessing
it's the thought of him undressing you or you undressing
i want you
he tossed some tatty compliment your way
i want you
and you were fool enough to love it when he said
'i want you'
i want you
the truth can't hurt you it's just like the dark
i want you
but in time you see things clear and stark
i want you
go on and hurt me then we'll let it drop
i want you
i'm afraid i won't know where to stop
i want you
i'm not ashamed to say that i cried for you
i want to know the things you did that things you did that things you did we do too
i might as well be useless for all it means to you
i want you
did you call his name out did you as he held you down
i want you
oh no my darling not with that clown
i want you
i want you
you've had your fun you don't get well no more
you don't get well no more
i want you
i want you
every night when i go off to bed and when i wake up
i want you
i want you
i'm going to say it once again 'til i instill it
i know i'm going to feel this way until you kill it
i want you
i want you